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I’ve heard Mars missions described as “hitting a bullseye on a target 100 Million miles away, with a 200 million dollar bullet.” Last Saturday, one of the most complicated scientific machines ever created began its journey to the red planet. If all goes according to plan, the Mars Science Laboratory, and its payload of the Curiosity Rover, will land within a 12 square mile target on August 5th, 2012 to begin searching for whether Mars could support life – either in the distant past or even perhaps the near future.

This is an artist’s rendition of how the MSL will land on Mars, as well as some of the highlights of the journey. If you ever wanted to see just how complicated it was to fire that 200 Million dollar bullet, this is a good place to start.

If you’ve never heard of Bree Sharp, David Duchovny or the song David Duchovny (Why Won’t You Love Me): In 1999, singer/songwriter Bree Sharp penned a witty ode to America’s favorite alien-hunting FBI agent, as played by actor David Duchovny. That song was then transformed into the above cameo-ridden tribute, with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, KISS, and anyone else who might have happened to be on the Fox lot that day taking a moment to lip-sync their love for the X-Files star. It is one of the coolest nerd bootlegs ever, and someone has gone to the trouble of uploading a remastered version, and dear sir, we salute you.

If you’ve heard of Bree Sharp, David Duchovny, etc.: OMG you guys the David Duchovny video just got reposted in HD OMG OMG OMG! OMG.

On this fine Thanksgiving morning, I find myself elbow deep in pie filling while attempting to execute on a variety of tasty traditional sides. Though I love to cook, I do believe that my life would be a whole lot easier if desserts could just up and bake themselves. I might be a little bias in my excitement toward this concept, possibly because I’m a horrible baker due to my refusal to be precise or follow directions. But who wouldn’t wish to go to bed and have a beautiful batch of chocolate biscuits appear on the counter the next morning? (via laughing squid)

Now that I got my usual “awesome video” rant out of the way, it’s time for thanks. Thanks for reading, following, and sharing Here’s Some Awesome. We hope you have a happy Turkey Day and don’t forget the Thanksgiving!

I feel I’ve made my love of mashups and remixes abundantly clear by this point, so it should come as no surprise that this week’s post remixes, art, sci-fi, movies, and a healthy dose of the surreal. But here’s another secret: I really love the movie A.I. – I know, I’m maybe the only one, but there’s something about that film that really hit he hard. The questions about the veracity of simulated and/or scripted responses to external stimuli, the inhumanity of humanity, the idea that our evolutionary successors might not be biological but technological – all of these were fascinating ideas to me, and have stuck in my mind every since.

So I’m excited that Pogo, one of the more innovative video remix musicians in the genre, decided to take on the film with a beautiful piece called Davyd. Whether or not you enjoyed the film, there’s a lot worth experiencing here. Pogo really captures a lot of the sweeter aspects of the film, preferring to utilize sounds from the first and third acts almost exclusively, while excluding the darker second act almost entirely.

This is one video best enjoyed via headphones. There’s just so much nuance and musical composition that really comes through with a more isolated soundscape. Either way, it’s a creative new spin on a familiar work of art, and I’m glad to have experienced it.

This very brief and very funny web series, created by Mike Lacher and Mikala Bierma (the lady half of Disappointing Gay Best Friend), features actors going through nightmare audition scenarios — something they apparently know a lot about. Fortunately, they also know how to make them super-funny. Watch, and wonder why anyone would ever want to be an actor, ever.

I try not to get sucked into the cute animal video du jour, but the above is neither cats nor puppies, so I’m bumping it into the category of awesome. Titled “Lovely Owl,” the video depicts owls of various attractiveness involved in a love triangle of sorts.

After you’re finished watching, I strongly suggest a quick visit to Hungover Owls, for some appropriate Friday hilarity.

When I first heard this song, I could have sworn that I heard it before. Maybe because it sounds like the 90’s. The mix of the happy-go-lucky melody and the fluid rap-style makes me feel like it’s blasting from the speakers of best friends parents car. Enjoy!